Chapter 69 Sixiang Yong Lika caught an opium smuggler, he was the brother-in-law of Wanzai County Magistrate

Zeng Guofan coughed up blood when he was 30 years old. Although he recovered later, his body has not been strong.This time he suffered a heavy blow from Shi Dakai, and was frightened by falling into the water, and his old illness relapsed.The crowd hurriedly carried him into the camp, and it took a long time for him to recover slowly, but he couldn't afford it. He had a high fever for several days and nights, talked nonsense, and refused to eat or drink.Seeing that it was about to fail, fortunately Yang Guodong found an old man who was nearly ninety years old in an inaccessible village.The old doctor checked Zeng Guofan's pulse and prescribed a prescription. After taking a few doses of medicine, he was actually brought back to life.Zeng Guofan was so grateful that he sealed fifty taels of silver and asked his soldiers to give it to the old man.Unexpectedly, the old Langzhong not only refused a penny, but gave Zeng Guofan a note, which read: "There are wars everywhere, human lives are like paper, this old man has been practicing medicine all his life, and his duty is to save the dying and heal the wounded. Seeing this tragic scene, how sad I feel." ! However, this old man also knows that the heart of heaven is like this, and manpower is hard to stop, I hope that the commander will accumulate vigor carefully and not kill innocent people indiscriminately, this is the best hope."

After reading it, Zeng Guofan smiled lightly, and conveniently put the note in the middle of the desk. After a few days of recuperation, Zeng Guofan couldn't bear it anymore, and asked Jing Qi to send the mountain of military reports to his bedside.He looked at it, and couldn't help but jump up in fear. It turned out that during these days when Zeng Guofan was bedridden, Shi Dakai commanded another earth-shattering battle.After Shi Dakai defeated Zeng Guofan twice, he immediately ordered Qin Rigang, King of Yan, Hu Yihuang, Hu Tianyu, and Chen Yucheng, who were stationed in Anhui, to lead their troops back to Jiangxi to recover the lost land on both sides of the Yangtze River.A few days later, Wei Jun was sent to reinforce with 10,000 horses.These two groups marched westward along the Jiangjiang River in mighty force, and soon recovered Wuxue, Tianzhen, Qizhou, and Huangzhou, which were occupied by the Qing army, and the army was unstoppable.On February 17th in the fifth year of Xianfeng, and on February 27th in the fifth year of Yirong in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Wei Jun led his army to conquer Wuchang for the third time.Governor Tao Enpei was shot dead in the city, and Governor Yang Pei fled in a hurry, shocking the government and the public.Emperor Xianfeng dismissed Yang Pei, appointed Jingzhou General Guan Wen as the governor of Huguang, and promoted Hu Linyi, the procuratorate, as the governor of Hubei.Hu Linyi hurried back to the Hubei battlefield with two thousand green battalions.From Wuchang to Jiangning, the important market towns on both sides of the Yangtze River were all controlled by the Taiping Army.On the river, Taiping warships with embroidered dragon, apricot and yellow satin and centipede flags sailed back and forth without hindrance.Another period of prosperity for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom came.

Zeng Guofan boarded the small hill, looked at the Taiping warships flying up and down in the river, and then looked down at the fast crabs and long dragons huddled on the shore. Thinking of the sampan locked in Poyang Lake, he felt very painful.The navy is Zeng Guofan's lifeblood, and he can't let it just collapse.In order to revitalize the navy, he sent Yang Zaifu to bring a group of generals back to Yuezhou. He spared no expense in building 200 new fast crab dragons and 400 sampans at any time of day and night; For repairs, all ships that can be repaired should be repaired as much as possible; Peng Yulin was sent to Poyang Lake, contacted Li Mengqun, and tried his best to capture Nankang Mansion, an important town by Poyang Lake.

Ten days later, Peng Yulin sent a good news: the Neihu Navy conquered Nankang Mansion.After entering Jiangxi for three or four months, and finally won a prefecture, Zeng Guofan felt a little more at ease.He ordered Taqibu to continue to station in Zhulindian with 5,000 Lu divisions, and the rest of the troops moved to Nankang with him.Zeng Guofan decided to use Nankang as his base to live in Jiangxi, and he would never leave unless Jiujiang and Hukou were recovered. There are only tens of thousands of residents in Nankang City, and there are dilapidated houses and walls everywhere, with overgrown thatch, creating a desolate and deserted scene.Zeng Guofan set up the big camp in the former magistrate's yamen, and after the situation settled down, he started to set up two factories.One is the Gunpowder Factory, which entrusts Yang Guodong to be in charge of manufacturing gunpowder and ordnance, and tries to buy foreign guns from Guangdong.One is the ship repair yard, entrusting Deng Yisheng to be responsible for repairing the sampan, making long dragon fast crabs, and reequipping the Neihu Navy.Everything is well arranged.The only thing lacking is silver.Zeng Guofan thought hard and couldn't think of any other way, so he had to ask Governor Chen Qimai for help, and asked him to try to transfer 200,000 yuan to Nankang as soon as possible.Although he hit a wall in Hubei last time, Zeng Guofan thought, now he is in Jiangxi, and he is fighting Changmao solely for the purpose of regaining Jiangxi's lost territory. Forgive him and Chen Qimai will not ignore it.Zeng Guofan never expected that things were far beyond his surprise.Chen Qimai not only didn't pay any money, but even taunted him.Deyin Hangbu, who served as a special envoy, also received a cold reception.Deyin Hangbu was angry, and told Zeng Guofan: Chen Qimai, the governor of the feudal clan Lu Yuanhuang, and the governor Yun Guangchen all said that now it is common to build houses in Xiangxiang, Pingjiang, and Xinning, Hunan. As long as one person in the family is a Xiangyong, the whole family will stop doing things. , The silver is endless.Li Xubin's father bought 1,000 mu of paddy fields, but there was nothing in Xiangxiang, so he bought them in Hengzhou.Zeng Guofan's family bought more fields and transported the emperor's money to their own house.What's more, if we can't take it out, we can't give it to him.These words made Zeng Guofan furious.

At this time, a person came forward and said to Zeng Guofan: "Master, don't be angry, students have ways to get money." Zeng Guofan turned to look at the speaker. It turned out to be Peng Shouyi, a Juren from Wanzai County who came to join him a few days ago. Peng Shouyi was originally the vice-president of Wanzai County regiment training, and he had a quarrel with Li Hao, the county magistrate, in the matter of suppressing bandits.Li Hao is the nephew of Mrs. Chen Qimai's natal family. Relying on Chen Qimai's influence, he slandered Peng Shouyi for adultery with long hair.Peng Shouyi couldn't beat Li Hao, so he fled to Jiujiang, and found out that the commander of Xiangyong was Zeng Guofan, the chief examiner of his rural examination the year before, so he came to seek refuge, hoping to get the protection of this big red umbrella.Zeng Guofan's examination in Jiangxi that year was originally a good job that he had been looking forward to for many years: he could accept a group of students and get a large sum of money, and he could go home to visit his relatives nearby.Unexpectedly, when he traveled to Taihe, Anhui, he suddenly received the sad news of his mother's death.This hit him too hard.Unable to pass the exam, he changed his clothes to go to the funeral and took the way to Huangmei County. After failing to find a boat, he crossed the river and came to Jiujiang City, planning to hire a boat to go back to Jiangxi.At this time, Jiangxi Xuezheng Shen Zhaolin mobilized all candidates to donate 1,000 taels of silver, which was sent to Jiujiang City in the starry night.For Zeng Guofan, this one thousand taels of silver is like sending charcoal in a timely manner. He is very grateful to Jiangxi Juzi for his deep friendship.Because of this relationship, Zeng Guofan had a good impression of Peng Shouyi, and since he was already selected as a candidate, and he was well-versed in running a troupe, he readily recognized him as a student and stayed by his side.

Now Zeng Guofan looked at Peng Shouyi and asked suspiciously: "What can you do?" Peng Shouyi said: "Teacher, students have been thinking about the matter of payment and silver for a long time. There are three ways to try." "Three things?" Zeng Guofan thought, he had no choice but to say three things in one breath, and listen to his ideas, "Chang Geng, speak slowly." Zeng Guofan's anger subsided, he habitually half-closed his eyes, leaned on the grand master's chair, and listened carefully to the opinions of this Jiangxi disciple. "The first way is to invite Huang Zantang, the former servant of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, to come forward. Mr. Huang is very upright. Although he is a member of the Jiji, his concern for the country and the people has not diminished. I heard that Mr. Huang also dislikes Chen Qimai's behavior. If my teacher goes to Raozhou to visit Mr. Huang and invite him to come forward and persuade the squires to donate, I think I can definitely get tens of thousands of silver."

"When did Master Huang return to his hometown?" Zeng Guofan secretly blamed himself for not being informed.In the first year of Xianfeng, Zeng Guofan acted as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment, and Huang Zantang was the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment at that time.In the third year of Xianfeng, Huang Zantang was promoted to Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment. At that time, the officialdom was very concerned about relationships. With this relationship, they were naturally three points closer than others. "Last autumn, Mrs. Huang died without any illness that night after eating the Mishou wine. Master Huang resigned immediately and came back to observe the funeral."

"The old lady really has good fortune and longevity." Deyin Hangbu interjected. "The second way is to ask my mentor for leave and go to Nankang, Jiujiang, and Raozhou to contact a few Renzi in the same year. They are all wealthy families, and they have always admired the moral articles of my mentor. I guess they can also get it. Give tens of thousands of silver." Zeng Guofan admired Peng Shouyi's loyalty and spirit very much, but he didn't say a word, just nodded with a smile. "The third method is the surest and most effective." Peng Shouyi saw Zeng Guofan open his eyes, the hazel eyes were shining brightly, and the two eyes forced him not to look directly at them.He immediately turned his eyes away and continued: "We set up lika tax collection in northern Jiangxi."

Zeng Guofan was slightly taken aback, but his eyes were half-closed again immediately.It's not that he hasn't thought about setting up a card to collect taxes, but because he is afraid of incurring material criticism from the Jiangxi officialdom, he dares not act rashly.Now, since Chen Qimai is unkind, he can't blame me for being unrighteous.Jiangbei Daying can set up a card in Yangzhou, why can't Xiangyong set up a card in northern Jiangxi? He glanced at Deyin Hangbu beside him, listened to his tone before saying: "Brother Quanshi, do you think it's okay to set up a card?"

Deyin Hangbu replied without hesitation: "I think it can be done. Chen Qimai will not pay the army, and the court has no salary to pay for a while. Xiangyong is going to drink the northwest wind. If something happens, we can change it. If Chen Qimai has an opinion, I would like to Testify to the imperial court for your lord." Deyin Hangbu seemed to have found a good opportunity to vent to Chen Qimai, and he was quite excited when he spoke. "Brother Quan Shi also supports it, so the matter will be easy to handle. I will go to Raozhou to visit Mr. Huang tomorrow. If the donation goes well, there will be no lika. If it is really not possible, it will not be too late."

The next day, Zeng Guofan took Kang Fu, Peng Shouyi and others across Poyang Lake under the protection of the Neihu Navy, and entered Dujiangkou in Leting Town that evening, without disturbing the prefect of Raozhou. Stay at the inn.In the early morning of the next day, he took a sedan chair to visit Huang Zantang, gave him a gift of five hundred taels of silver, and kowtowed in front of Mrs. Huang's portrait as a junior.Huang Zantang was very pleasantly surprised. After listening to Zeng Guofan's statement of his difficulties in Jiangxi for several months, he agreed without hesitation, and suggested that Zeng Guofan apply to the imperial court for 1,000 blank ministerial photos, and according to the amount of silver taels, the donors would be issued a ministerial photo of the corresponding rank. , encouraging them to donate enthusiastically.Zeng Guofan appreciated Huang Zantang's suggestion very much. Returning to Nankang the next day, he immediately applied to the imperial court for 2,000 blank ministerial photos.Half a month later, Huang Zantang sent a donation of 100,000 taels of silver, and Peng Shouyi also raised 30,000 taels.Zeng Guofan was overjoyed.It just so happened that the Ministry photo also arrived, so I gave Huang Zantang 1000 and Peng Shouyi 200.All of a sudden, in the area of ​​Raozhou, Jiujiang, and Nankang, there were many top-rankings of the eighth rank, the ninth rank, and the ninth rank.These country gentry wear umbrella-shaped hats with carved gold tops. Their faces are oily, their clothes are windy, and they are extremely airy.When relatives and friends met, everyone was envious, and within a few days, the donation increased by tens of thousands.Zeng Guofan saw that Jiangxi's money is not rare, so he adopted Peng Shouyi's third suggestion.Seeing that Peng Shouyi is capable, he also entrusted him with handling the lika. Peng Shouyi led the beautiful mission of the Bureau of Finance, full of ambitions, and determined to make a good career.This Liju is a real fat vacancy, after the appointment, many people came to Peng Shouyi, wanting to find a job in Liju.Peng Shouyi's home was thousands of years away, and his relatives couldn't come for a while, so he relied on two friends in Nankang Mansion, one named Xia Zhen and the other named Lu Lun, both of whom were in the same year of the Renzi Township Examination.Seeing that Peng Shouyi was highly valued by Zeng Guofan, Xia and Lu worked extra hard to curry favor with him and secretly gave Peng Shouyi 10,000 taels of silver.Peng Shouyi kept five thousand taels for himself, and handed over the other five thousand taels to Zeng Guofan.Zeng Guofan appointed Xia and Lv as members of the Li Bureau.Peng Shouyi set up a general office in Nankang, and branch offices in Xingzi, Ruichang, De'an, Jianchang, Wuning, Jing'an, Fengxin, Anyi, Fengcheng and other counties. Percentage card.Later, Zeng Guohua opened up the situation in Ruizhou, and Peng Shouyi set up branch offices in Gao'an, Shanggao, and Xinchang.When the Lijin Bureau opened for one month, it collected 6,000 taels of lijin.Peng Shouyi kept one thousand for himself, distributed one thousand to the committee members, and handed over four thousand to Zeng Guofan.Zeng Guofan really praised Peng Shouyi a lot.However, where the card is set up, there are always people's grievances. The weak swallow their anger and dare not speak out, while the strong quarrel and fight with the Lika personnel, and incidents of destroying the card and killing people happen from time to time.When the news reached Nanchang, Chen Qimai was very annoyed: "Is it me or Zeng Guofan who will be the governor of Jiangxi! He didn't discuss it with me, and started a bureau under my rule. It's too deceiving!" "The one named Zeng is too arrogant. Zhongcheng, we have to sue him to the court." Yun Guangchen was also very angry. Although Lu Yuanhuang was not as angry as Chen Qimai and Yun Guangchen, he also felt that Zeng Guofan's hand was stretched too far.No matter what you say, it doesn't make sense for such a big matter to go beyond the local government and decide on its own.He also agreed with Chen and Yun's opinion that Zeng Guofan would not be disturbed for the time being, and he would report to the court first, and then deal with it after the imperial edict came down.Not long after Chen Qimai's complaint was issued, a major incident happened to the Ruizhou Police Bureau. The head of the Ruizhou Taxation Bureau is Xia Zhen, and Xia Zhen's father is a rich man in Ruizhou. Xia Zhen usually lives in Ruizhou. Last month, he came to Nankang to visit relatives, and had close contacts with Peng Shouyi.Xia Zhen first served as a member of the General Administration, and later Peng Shouyi appointed him as the chief of the Ruizhou Branch.He received this appointment, returned to his hometown excitedly, set up Lika everywhere in Ruizhou Prefecture, and appointed his three relatives, friends and close friends as Kading.These people took the opportunity to extort money, raise interest rates, and get rich on corruption.Xia Zhen can get an average of one hundred and two li gold a day.He did the math and found that he could get more than three thousand taels a month, hand in two thousand taels, and earn a net profit of more than one thousand taels. After half a year, he would get back the original five thousand taels and still have more. You can get more than 30,000 taels of snowflake silver, which is no less than a county magistrate!He was very happy.The people of Ruizhou hated these ghost gates everywhere.Local officials also hated it, but on the one hand, they did not dare to offend Zeng Guofan, who had a large army in his hands;Since the governor did not intervene, they also remained silent. On this day, Lika at the Jinjiang Wharf outside Ruizhou City stopped a large cargo ship whose owner was named Gao Shanhu.He had a very unseemly long scar on his left face, nicknamed Gao Scarface.Gao Scarface claimed that Liuyang linen was loaded on the ship and shipped to Nanchang for sale.Zhao Yousheng, the leader of Lika, is Xia Zhen's cousin, the third eldest, short in stature, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. Cardin call him the third master to his face, and call him Mountain Monkey behind his back. The mountain monkey got on the boat and beat the bag wrapped in coarse cotton gauze with a thin iron rod about three feet long. "It's all Liuyang Xiabu?" Mountain Monkey stared suspiciously at Gao Scar's face. "Yes, yes. Boss, the boat is filled with Liuyang summer cloth." Gao Ba bowed and replied respectfully. The mountain monkey knocked on one bag and poked that bag with an iron rod, and then ordered gloomyly: "Take ten taels of gold!" "Boss, how can you smoke so much! How much are these linen cloths worth?" Gao Scar was anxious, and he thought it would be two taels at most. "How much is it worth?" Mountain Monkey sneered, "Your boat of summer cloth can be sold for at least five hundred taels of silver. "Boss, don't make fun of me, this boat cloth is only worth a hundred taels of silver at most, besides, we have already been drawn two taels in Jiebu, and another two taels in Huibu. You see," Gao Scarface pointed to the gray mark on the bag and said, "This is made by Jiebu and Huibu." "I don't care about these!" The mountain monkey dismissed the gray mark, and poked a cloth bag on the top with a thin iron rod; after poking it in, he pulled the iron rod out of the bag forcefully. Due to the excessive force, the cloth bag rolled down and spread out at the monkey's feet, revealing the snow-white linen.Mountain Monkey's family is asking for grass cloth to make a mosquito net, and he really wants to get this bag of grass cloth.He dragged the loose bag of linen, and suddenly, a paper bag rolled out of the linen.At this time, Gao Scarface's two faces suddenly turned pale.Shan Houzi is a person who has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he knows that there are tricks in the bag.He smiled and tore open the paper bag.Pieces of brown-black ointment were exposed, and a stench immediately filled the boat.The mountain monkey shouted loudly: "Okay! You disobeyed the imperial court's prohibition and smuggled opium. What crime should you have?" The mountain monkey walked up to Gao Scar's face, wielded the iron rod, and threatened with a stern voice.He thought Gao Scarface would immediately kneel in front of him and beg for mercy.Unexpectedly, Gao Scar's face was not pale at this time, and he smiled unusually calmly.It turned out that this tall-scarred face was not an ordinary consignor, he was the younger brother of Mrs. Li Hao, the magistrate of Wanzai County, and the brother-in-law of the magistrate of Qipin County.The cargo was originally shipped from Wanzai County, but it was pretended to be from Shanggao to keep it secret.Relying on his brother-in-law's relationship, Gao Scarface secretly smuggled opium from Guangdong via Hunan, then transported the opium to Nanchang, sold it to Nanchang's officialdom and shopping malls, and made huge profits from it.Gao Scarface gave half of the profit to his brother-in-law Li Hao, and Li Hao gave Chen Qimai part of it.Gao Scarface has been doing this business for more than half a year. Although some people have found out some rumors, who dares to provoke him!Gao Scarface first wanted to pretend to be an honest and timid small businessman to get rid of Lika, but now that his true nature was exposed, he knew that begging was useless, so he had to pay a large sum of money to bribe him.The calmness of Gao Scar's face made the mountain monkey feel strange.Mountain Monkey is an experienced man.Without diamonds, he didn't dare to do porcelain work. This kid dared to smuggle opium, so he must not be a good person.Thinking of this, the mountain monkey put away the fierce look just now. "Boss, please sit in the cabin." Gao Scarian invited politely.The mountain monkey told Kading to go ashore, and he followed Gao Scarface into the cabin.After sitting down, Gao Scarface said straight to the point: "Boss, how much money do you need to pass the test, please set a price!" The mountain monkey squinted his eyes, tilted his head, weighed himself in his heart, and said, "Let's pour Sanqi!" After hearing this, Gao Scarface laughed and said, "Brother, you are too greedy, let's follow Sanqi!" "You say I'm greedy, okay, boss, let me tell you clearly, it's not Chen Zhongcheng who is in charge of the money bureau, but Master Zeng. Master Zeng is famous in Hunan for having his head shaved. If you don't want to, I won't force you. I will These reports have been reported to Mr. Zeng, but by then, I am afraid that you will not be able to get a penny, and you will have to sit in prison for several years." This move was really powerful, and Gao Scarface couldn't open his mouth for a while. "Brother, there is no way to do it like this. If you insist on this, I would rather go to the prison. Think about it, if you do that, you can make another money?" The two bargained and finally reached an agreement of half and half.That night, Mountain Monkey searched all the cloth bags on the boat, and found 200 catties of opium. Get four hundred.The mountain monkey wanted to take the four hundred taels of silver for himself, and he wanted to pay the silver with one hand and release the boat with the other.Gao Scarface said: "There is no such a large amount of silver on the ship now, you wait a few days, I will send the man back to get it." The mountain monkey then lived on the boat.The next day just after dark, a family member ran to the boat in a panic: "Third Master, the wife and aunt are fighting again!" "These two bastards!" Mountain Monkey scolded, pulled his family aside and ordered, "You watch carefully, no one is allowed to get on or off the boat, I will come as soon as I go." After the mountain monkey left, Gao Scarian saw that the opportunity had come, and said to the Zhao family members with a smile: "Brother, you have worked hard, come and have a drink." The family didn't know what happened on the boat, seeing Gao Scar's polite face and good food and wine, they chatted with him.Outside the cabin, the man with the scarred face was wrapping two hundred catties of opium tightly in oiled paper according to his arrangement, and then tied two stones to it, sinking it straight to the bottom of the river.While the family was slightly drunk, he quietly asked the boat boss to move the boat more than twenty feet downstream.An hour later, the mountain monkey hurried back to the boat.The opium sank, and Gao Scarface was no longer afraid of the mountain monkey.Early the next morning, he said to the mountain monkey with a half-smile: "Brother, we are about to sail, please go home!" "Go back? Where's the four hundred taels of silver?" Mountain Monkey asked while wiping his eyes. "Who owes you money? I'm afraid you haven't woken up from the dream!" Gao Scarface easily crossed his legs. "Okay, you want to renege on your debts, and I don't want money anymore. You and I will go to the Yamen for a while. Smuggle opium, let's see how you can get away with it!" The mountain monkey stared fiercely at Gao Scar's face. Rolling up his sleeves, he made a fighting stance. "Hahaha!" A wild laugh confuses the mountain monkey, "You are spitting blood! Who is smuggling opium, and where is the opium?!" After all, he pressed forward step by step, revealing the true colors of the county grandpa's brother-in-law and gangster.The mountain monkey was a little panicked, looking around the bow and stern of the ship like a god without a head, and there was no sign of opium anywhere! "Oops! Could it be that he transported the opium away?" He called his family over and asked, "Is anyone on board after I leave?" "No." The family was terrified. "Is anyone on the boat carrying something away?" "No." Seeing the master's anxious appearance, the family members became more frightened.The mountain monkey grabbed Gao Scarface by the collar, opened his eyes wide, and said angrily, "You bastard, you must have sunk the opium into the river!" When Gao Scarface heard it, he was anxious and annoyed. He stretched out his right hand and punched the mountain monkey in the waist. .Gao Scarface's head dodged to the side, and he backed away. At this moment, Gao Scarface was caught by the rope tied to the iron anchor, his body fell back, and the back of his head hit the iron post, and he died immediately.Now, the mountain monkey was scared.Gao Scarface's men on the boat shouted, and immediately tied up the mountain monkey with a rope, went ashore to the Yamen of Ruizhou Prefecture, and beat drums to file a complaint.Que Yukuan, the magistrate of Ruizhou, also hated the authority of the bureau, so he immediately approved it.The magistrate Que came to the riverside in a sedan chair, boarded a boat for an autopsy, put the mountain monkey into death row, and reported it to the Futai yamen.The family members here went back and told Li Hao that Aunt Li Hao was crying, and Li Hao was so angry that his chest was congested. He wrote a letter to ask the prefect Que to handle it impartially, and sent someone to Jin Province overnight to tell Chen Qimai. Chen Qimai was secretly happy when he received the letter from Que Yukuan and Li Hao.He discussed with Lu Yuanlang and Yun Guangchen, and wanted to take advantage of this case to reconcile Liju and Zeng Guofan.He immediately transcribed Que Yukuan's letter in the form of a speech and sent it to Nankang Mansion, asking Zeng Guofan to punish the murderer according to the law.After reading Chen Qimai's speech, Zeng Guofan called Peng Shouyi over and said to him, "This case is extraordinary. Jiangxi's officialdom originally had a rift with us, and this time we will take the opportunity to make trouble." Peng Shouyi was deeply ashamed that he had improperly employed people, causing troubles and adding trouble to Zeng Guofan: "Master, the students have lost their trust. The students have to go to Ruizhou in person, and we must handle this matter properly." Peng Shouyi came to Ruizhou with two bureau members. As soon as he entered the magistrate's office in Ruizhou, he was recognized by the tall-scarred clerk; isn't this the absconding Peng Juren?He hurriedly told Li Hao about this discovery.When Li Hao learned that Peng Shouyi had become the head of the Ministry of Finance under Zeng Guofan, he was so angry that he immediately reported to Chen Qimai, and at the same time sent four policemen to arrest Peng Shouyi quietly. Four arresters came to the Yamen of Ruizhou, took Peng Shouyi off guard, and took him down.Peng Shouyi was furious: "Who are you, how dare you tie me up?" The head of the policeman, He Mazi, sneered and said, "Peng Juren, stop yelling. We are here to arrest you and bring you to justice under the orders of Master Li Li Hao." Peng Shouyi didn't expect that these people turned out to be from the Wanzai County Yamen, so he had to admit that he was unlucky, but relying on Zeng Guofan's strength, he was not afraid: "In this case, please send me to Nanchang!" Li Hao knew that Peng Shouyi was not comparable to the past, so he had told He Mazi in advance that he should send Peng directly to Chen Qimai.It was Chen Qimai's windfall that Peng Shouyi, who was absconded, was sent here.He wanted Yun Guangchen to deal with it himself, and he insisted that Peng Shouyi confess to the crime of indiscriminately killing innocent people and embezzling Changmao's stolen money. One wave was not settled, and another wave rose again. The two incidents disturbed Zeng Guofan very much.He decided to take Liu Rong and others to visit Ruizhou himself.